Table 1: Percentage (Mean ± S.D) of remaining root filling material in each group at different root-thirds.

GROUP

CORONAL

MIDDLE

APICAL

I (Gutta-percha/ZOE)

Subgroup A

22.34±0.72A,𝛼

33.9±0.77A,𝛽

53.92±0.98A,𝜒

Subgroup B

19.21±1.1B,𝛼

18.62±0.93B,𝛼

22.81±2.68B,𝛼

Subgroup C

12.71±1.5C,𝛼

13.93±0.94C,𝛼

14.52±0.92C,𝛼

II (Gutta-percha/AH Plus)

Subgroup A

42.57±1.1D,𝛼

59.06±0.98D,𝛽

65.50±1.17D,𝜒

Subgroup B

30.88±1.02E,𝛼

24.40±0.92E,𝛽

37.8±1.29E,𝜒

Subgroup C

21.80±1.21A,𝛼

20.21±1.3F,𝛼

18.58±0.98B,𝛽

Mean values that share a superscript letter were not significantly different at the 5% level within the same root third (ANOVA, Bonferroni; 𝑃>0.05). Between the root-thirds, groups that share the same superscript symbol were not significantly different from each other (𝑃>0.05).